The appearance of exclusivity is I think the biggest benefit to many.  

I would rather give others the benefit of the doubt, and let them speak for themselves.  

On the flip side, appreciation can be a nice added benefit which will at least hedge inflation in most markets.At this point I think they are both great options, just different.

And you get the benefit of having over 100 past ones to catch up on.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

I'd also be interested in the due diligence process and any questions people wish they'd asked given the benefit of hindsight.Thanks-Mark

I am one investor of several (among them, my family trust, my ERISA investment LLC, and private family investors), as well as the managing member.You set up such syndication entities by clearly establishing their purpose and goals, the benefits to investors, the exit strategy, the management strategy, and the processes for handling disputes, change in membership due to estate or bankruptcy of a member, the process for winding-down a series, and the overall exit strategy.  

@Paul Doherty You clearly understand the benefits of leveraging.  

I know that that sounds funny, but we get so set in our ways, that even if what we are going to do is going to benefit us and our families, we don't know how to handle the positive side of the changes...because it is still change. 

I have absolutely no affiliation with B2R finance whatsoever and haven't heard of them since this post but when you come on a public forum (one that appears at the top of a lot of real estate related google searches) and are skeptical of a lender with no direct or indirect experience with them it is just not right to do in my opinion to just throw things out there with no basis.When the gentleman from B2R finance responded to your post you responded with a response not addressing the B2R rep and gave some vague skepticism of out of state lenders and their interest rates compared to your local lender.Not sure what your angle is here, but if you could clarify what your issue with B2R is we would all like to hear it.  

The only 'extra value' that I would see in the Traditional IRA is that it could be converted into a Solo401K for the benefit of 'leveraged investing' and avoiding some of the potential tax liabilities of leveraging my ROTH within my SDIRA.Thanks, Dan Dietz